diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index f7f79ec8..bcc59aa3 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -123,7 +123,10 @@ end
 
 # as date picker
 gem 'bootstrap3-datetimepicker-rails', '~> 3.0.2'
-gem 'jquery-datatables-rails', '~> 2.2.1'
+
+# data tables
+gem 'ajax-datatables-rails'
+gem 'jquery-datatables-rails'
 
 # for charts
 gem 'chart-js-rails'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index b37b09d8..b1a90cb8 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ GEM
     airbrake (7.1.1)
       airbrake-ruby (~> 2.5)
     airbrake-ruby (2.7.0)
+    ajax-datatables-rails (0.4.3)
+      railties (>= 4.0)
     arel (7.1.4)
     ast (2.4.0)
     autoprefixer-rails (7.1.1)
@@ -232,8 +234,10 @@ GEM
     inversion (1.0.0)
       loggability (~> 0.12)
     iso-639 (0.2.5)
-    jquery-datatables-rails (2.2.3)
+    jquery-datatables-rails (3.4.0)
+      actionpack (>= 3.1)
       jquery-rails
+      railties (>= 3.1)
       sass-rails
     jquery-rails (4.3.1)
       rails-dom-testing (>= 1, < 3)
@@ -578,6 +582,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   acts_as_list
   ahoy_matey
   airbrake (~> 7.1)
+  ajax-datatables-rails
   autoprefixer-rails
   awesome_nested_set (~> 3.1.3)
   axlsx!
@@ -616,7 +621,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   haml-rails
   haml_lint (~> 0.24.0)
   iso-639
-  jquery-datatables-rails (~> 2.2.1)
+  jquery-datatables-rails
   jquery-rails
   jquery-ui-rails (~> 4.2.1)
   json-schema